From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 22 19:12:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A2FD16A4CF for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:12:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9999F43D39 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:12:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 79so171693rnk for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:12:14 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=DvwpYTINhpQD+hEi52nugOISfUQTeo/fJ8MIwCmvd2JOPtpyBDXqTYn02UJBjmhdGiiW9zxJ4y079kg6zSG0i/Z4jjDXf6Fye8/QJolfuKdaO0kZ0G0OCZAME1cGpPGjk8hncovclZo1oeGIGWyWUoD+ibEDca9GkgeqCQWpS30= Received: by 10.38.78.61 with SMTP id a61mr603693rnb; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:12:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.14.69 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:12:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <57d71000041022121225f5d836@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:12:14 -0700 From: pete wright To: Benson Wong In-Reply-To: <860807bf04102209461bae8d61@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <860807bf0410211555904861d@mail.gmail.com> <57d7100004102208227b73a9fb@mail.gmail.com> <860807bf04102209461bae8d61@mail.gmail.com> cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.10 not finding 3ware controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: pete wright List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:12:20 -0000 at which point does it fail...does it not boot, or do you get to sysinstall? if you get to sysinstall then you can goto another VT and run a dmesg from there i believe. i guess it's a moot point as you've moved to 5.2.1...if you are happy with the 5.x branch maybe you should test out the 5.3RC's -p On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:46:37 -0700, Benson Wong wrote: > Um, I can't do a dmesg since I can't installed FBSD. > The chipset is Intel E7520 > > The BIOS does detect the cards. When booting the cards will show what > drives are attached and how they're connected to the RAID array. They > also give you the option of using Alt+3 to enter the configuration > mode. > > During boot I don't actually see the TWE drivers being loaded. I tried > using FreeBSD/amd64 5.2.1 since it supports the EM64T stuff provided > but it basically crashed during installation. I'm going to try > 5.2.1/i386 now. > > Thanks. > Ben. > > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:22:57 -0700, pete wright wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:55:12 -0700, Benson Wong wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I just got a new server with a SuperMicro X6DH8-G motherboard. it's > > > basically a dual xeon board with 2 3Ware controllers in it. > > > > > > The Controllers: > > > 8006-2LP > > > 8506-4LP > > > > > > A couple of days ago I installed 4.10 on old Dell 300S PowerEdge > > > server, with the same 3ware controllers and the installation went > > > flawlessly. However on this machine FreeBSD doesn't can't seem to > > > autodetect the controllers. > > > > > > I'm thinking that 4.10 doesn't have support for the motherboards, but > > > I'm not entirely sure. Has anybody else experienced the same thing, or > > > have any insight into this? Does this require some kernel tweaks of > > > the installation CD? > > > > > > > can you provide a dmesg from the machine you are having problems with. > > i think the list will specifically be interested in the "twe" lines > > from the dmesg (i think those controllers use the twe driver not > > sure). Also what chipset is on the mobo, i'm not familiar with it off > > the top of my head. finally, does the BIOS detect the cards? > > > > -p > > > > > Thanks. > > > Ben > > > > > > -- > > > blog: http://benzo.tummytoons.com > > > site: http://www.thephpwtf.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > -- > > > blog: http://benzo.tummytoons.com > site: http://www.thephpwtf.com >